Religion in China

thumb|upright=1.15|Temple of Confucius of [[Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu. It is a wenmiao (), a temple where Confucius is worshipped as Wendi, "God of Culture" ().]] thumb|upright=1.15|Gates of the wenmiao of Datong, [[Shanxi]] Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, religion, theory of government, or way of life. Founded by Confucius in the Hundred Schools of Thought era (c. 500 BCE), Confucianism integrates philosophy, ethics, and social governance, with a core focu

Manichaeism (; in ; ) was a major world religion founded in the third century CE by the Parthian Iranian prophet Mani (216–274) in the Sasanian Empire. It taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good spiritual world of light, and an evil material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of the divine.

religion in the country

Chinese popular deities. Wikimedia list article

jade mined or carved in China from the Neolithic onward

overview of religious freedom in China

religion of most Zhuang people

Chinese religious tradition characterised by a concern for salvation of the person and the society

name added to United Front Work Department

ethical and philosophical doctrine of Chinese civilization as a system of beliefs in the supernatural

State-sponsored campaigns against religion in the People's Republic of China

Chinese religion

Chinese festival

overview of irreligion in China

historical position in China